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220-1101 · Question #803

In which of the following cloud models is the customer not responsible for hardware and OS layers but is responsible for the data and the application?

The correct answer is A. PaaS. In the Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud model, the cloud provider manages the underlying infrastructure, including hardware and operating systems, while the customer retains responsibility for their deployed applications and data.

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Question

In which of the following cloud models is the customer not responsible for hardware and OS layers but is responsible for the data and the application?

Options

  • APaaS
  • BSaaS
  • CIaaS
  • DCaaS

How the community answered

(35 responses)
  • A
    91% (32)
  • B
    6% (2)
  • D
    3% (1)

Why each option

In the Platform as a Service (PaaS) cloud model, the cloud provider manages the underlying infrastructure, including hardware and operating systems, while the customer retains responsibility for their deployed applications and data.

APaaSCorrect

Platform as a Service (PaaS) provides a complete development and deployment environment in the cloud, where the cloud provider manages the operating system, virtualization, servers, storage, and networking. The customer is responsible for managing the applications they deploy onto the platform and the data within those applications.

BSaaS

In Software as a Service (SaaS), the cloud provider manages the entire application stack, including the application, data, runtime, OS, and hardware; the customer only uses the application.

CIaaS

In Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), the cloud provider manages the hardware, networking, virtualization, and storage, but the customer is responsible for managing the operating system, applications, and data.

DCaaS

CaaS (Container as a Service) is a specific type of PaaS or IaaS that focuses on container orchestration but is not a primary cloud service model that defines responsibilities at the OS level as broadly as PaaS.

Concept tested: Cloud service models - PaaS responsibilities

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/c-sharp-code-maintain-update/3-understand-cloud-deployment-models

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#Cloud computing#PaaS#Cloud service models#Shared responsibility model

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